Great ideas Scott, I believe I can benefit from some of them in my project. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Cable" <s2cab...@yahoo.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: KR>Layup Technique
> Netters, > Over the Thanksgiving Holiday, I started doing the > layups for the forward and Turtledeck. I made a foam > layup tool that is the outside shape of the > turtledeck. > Prior to doing the layup, My wife suggested that I use > Frost King window film. This is the stuff that you > can tape around the perimeter of a window, and then > use a hairdryer to shrink the clear film taut around > the window frame. So I looked at it and thought, this > maybe exactly what I'm looking for. So we taped it > down over the tool and shrunk the film over the foam > tool. We then took some 8 mil visqueen and marked the > trim lines for the fiberglass. We then did the tried > and true method of reverse layups onto the visqueen, > on the build table downstairs. Brought the layup back > upstairs and positioned it onto the tool. > We then squeegied out all or any air-bubbles and laid > the Peel-ply over top of the layup. > Michelle then took shears and cut the excess peelply > in strips while I pulled any peelply wrinkles out. > This technique is used by tailors and removed all > wrinkles out of the complex curvature on the mold. > I was especially happy of the results when we removed > the turtledeck and forward deck parts. There are > absolutely no areas that were resin poor, the parts > popped right off of the foam tool with no damage to > the part or the foam tool. > So now that I have the Outside Moldline Shape or OML, > next I will carve "hat-sections" into the foam tool, > Duct-tape over the areas where the hats will be laid > up, fabricate the hat layups, then lay the outside > part over the hats and co-bond the assembly. > This should yield a very, very light but stiff part. > > > ===== > Scott Cable > KR-2S # 735 > Wright City, MO > s2cab...@yahoo.com > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > >
